Architect: Reuben Clark & M.F. Butler Groundbreaking for the Capitol occurred December 4, 1860, but it took nearly 14 years and several administrations to complete the effort. Late in the year 1869 the...
Architects: Lord & Burham The Conservatory of Flowers is an elaborate Victorian greenhouse with a central dome rising nearly 60 feet high and arch-shaped wings extending from it for an overall length of...
Architect: Ernest A. Coxhead Built in 1889, as the congregation grew, providing additional space became a priority. In 1923, the vestry and Rector, the Rev. Leslie Learned, commissioned the firm of Johnson, Kaufman...
Architect: Alfred Rosenheim Six-story, steel-frame Beaux Arts department store designed by Alfred F. Rosenheim, built in 1907.
Architect: Alfred Rosenheim The Classical Revival building was designed by Alfred H. Rosenheim and opened 1910 in the West Adams district of Los Angeles. As illustrated it has a flatter dome than constructed....
Architects: Bakewell & Brown Built of gray California granite with blue and gold burnished ironwork, San Francisco City Hall was designed in a French Renaissance style. In plan it measures 408 by 285...
Architects: Bernard Maybeck On land originally belonging to the Presidio, the Palace of Fine Arts was built in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Today the site, which belongs to the City of...
Architect: Meyer & Holler Built in 1927 by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman, the Chinese was intended to be the world’s greatest theatre. From 1973 through 2001, the theater was known as...
